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# InstallSourceInfo

`public final class InstallSourceInfo`
`extends Object` `implements Parcelable`

java.lang.Object
↳ | android.content.pm.InstallSourceInfo

Information about how an app was installed.

See also:

- `PackageManager.getInstallSourceInfo(String)`

## Summary

### Inherited constants
From interface `android.os.Parcelable`
`int` | `CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR` Descriptor bit used with `describeContents()`: indicates that the Parcelable object's flattened representation includes a file descriptor.
`int` | `PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE` Flag for use with `writeToParcel(Parcel, int)`: the object being written is a return value, that is the result of a function such as "`Parcelable someFunction()`", "`void someFunction(out Parcelable)`", or "`void someFunction(inout Parcelable)`".

### Fields
`public static final Creator<InstallSourceInfo>` | `CREATOR`

### Public methods
`int` | `describeContents()` Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation.
`String` | `getInitiatingPackageName()` The name of the package that requested the installation, or null if not available.
`SigningInfo` | `getInitiatingPackageSigningInfo()` Information about the signing certificates used to sign the initiating package, if available.
`String` | `getInstallingPackageName()` The name of the package responsible for the installation (the installer of record), or null if not available.
`String` | `getOriginatingPackageName()` The name of the package on behalf of which the initiating package requested the installation, or null if not available.
`void` | `writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags)` Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

### Inherited methods
From class `java.lang.Object`
`Object` | `clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean` | `equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`void` | `finalize()` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
`final Class<?>` | `getClass()` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int` | `hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`final void` | `notify()` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void` | `notifyAll()` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String` | `toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void` | `wait(long timeout, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void` | `wait(long timeout)` Causes the current thread to wait until either another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or a specified amount of time has elapsed.
`final void` | `wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object.
From interface `android.os.Parcelable`
`abstract int` | `describeContents()` Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation.
`abstract void` | `writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags)` Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

## Fields

### CREATOR

    public static final Creator<InstallSourceInfo> CREATOR

## Public methods

### describeContents

    public int describeContents ()

Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation. For example, if the object will include a file descriptor in the output of `writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel, int)`, the return value of this method must include the `CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR` bit.

Returns
`int` | a bitmask indicating the set of special object types marshaled by this Parcelable object instance. Value is either `0` or `CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR`

### getInitiatingPackageName

    public String getInitiatingPackageName ()

The name of the package that requested the installation, or null if not available. This is normally the same as the installing package name. If the installing package name is changed, for example by calling `PackageManager#setInstallerPackageName(String, String)`, the initiating package name remains unchanged. It continues to identify the actual package that performed the install or update.

Null may be returned if the app was not installed by a package (e.g. a system app or an app installed via adb) or if the initiating package has itself been uninstalled.

Returns
`String` |

### getInitiatingPackageSigningInfo

    public SigningInfo getInitiatingPackageSigningInfo ()

Information about the signing certificates used to sign the initiating package, if available.

Returns
`SigningInfo` | This value may be `null`.

### getInstallingPackageName

    public String getInstallingPackageName ()

The name of the package responsible for the installation (the installer of record), or null if not available. Note that this may differ from the initiating package name and can be modified via `PackageManager#setInstallerPackageName(String, String)`.

Null may be returned if the app was not installed by a package (e.g. a system app or an app installed via adb) or if the installing package has itself been uninstalled.

Returns
`String` |

### getOriginatingPackageName

    public String getOriginatingPackageName ()

The name of the package on behalf of which the initiating package requested the installation, or null if not available.

For example if a downloaded APK is installed via the Package Installer this could be the app that performed the download. This value is provided by the initiating package and not verified by the framework.

Note that the `InstallSourceInfo` returned by `PackageManager#getInstallSourceInfo(String)` will not have this information available unless the calling application holds the INSTALL_PACKAGES permission.

Returns
`String` |

### writeToParcel

    public void writeToParcel (Parcel dest,
                    int flags)

Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Parameters
`dest` | `Parcel`: This value cannot be `null`.
`flags` | `int`: Additional flags about how the object should be written. May be 0 or `Parcelable.PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE`. Value is either `0` or a combination of `Parcelable.PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE`, and android.os.Parcelable.PARCELABLE_ELIDE_DUPLICATES

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